diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4adce790ad7..58f5690cbe8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ COPY service.js /app/source/
 RUN node -e "require('node-rdkafka')"
 
 # verify teraslice is installed right
-RUN node -e "require('teraslice')"
+RUN node -e "import('teraslice')"
 
 EXPOSE 5678
 
@@ -40,22 +40,3 @@ VOLUME /app/config /app/logs /app/assets
 ENV TERAFOUNDATION_CONFIG /app/config/teraslice.yaml
 
 CMD ["node", "service.js"]
-
-RUN apt-get update && \
-     apt-get install -y libcurl4 tini && \
-       apt-get autoremove -y && \
-       apt-get clean -y && \
-       rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
-
-# this can most likely be removed. Looks to be related to node10->12 transition.
-COPY scripts/docker-pkg-fix.js /usr/local/bin/docker-pkg-fix
-COPY scripts/wait-for-it.sh /usr/local/bin/wait-for-it
-COPY --from=base /app /app
-
-WORKDIR /app/source
-
-# verify node-rdkafka is installed right
-RUN node -e "require('node-rdkafka')"
-
-# verify teraslice is installed right
-RUN node -e "import('teraslice')"